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音乐是语言的灵动载体，每一首经典歌曲都藏着丰富的语言知识。今天，让我们一同走进碧昂丝的《If I Were a Boy》，深入剖析其中“take...for granted”这个实用又富有深意的词组，感受它在歌词中传递的情感力量。

一、歌词分析

在《If I Were a Boy》里，“Cause he’s taken you for granted. And everything you had got destroyed!”这两句歌词格外引人注目。

“take...for granted”是一个常用的动词短语，其基本含义是“认为……是理所当然的；对……不予重视；轻视”。在歌词情境中，男孩没有珍惜女孩的爱，没有意识到女孩的付出背后所蕴含的深情，这种行为正是“take...for granted”的典型体现。

二、其他用法和例句

（一）表达对他人付出的忽视

例句1：Don't take your parents' love for granted. They sacrifice a lot for you.（不要把你父母的爱视为理所当然。他们为你牺牲了很多。）

例句2：She always takes her friends' support for granted and never shows gratitude.（她总是把朋友的支持当作理所当然，从不表达感激之情。）

（二）表达对自然或事物的理所当然认知

例句1：Many people take clean air and water for granted, but they are actually precious resources.（很多人把清新的空气和干净的水视为理所当然，但实际上它们是宝贵的资源。）

例句2：We often take the convenience of modern technology for granted without realizing the efforts behind it.（我们常常把现代科技的便利视为理所当然，却没有意识到背后的努力。）

三、小结

学会正确运用“take...for granted”，不仅能让我们的英语表达更加地道自然，还能让我们更加懂得珍惜身边的人和事。希望大家在今后的学习和生活中，能够时刻铭记这个词组的含义，不忽视任何一份付出和美好。

《If I Were a Boy》

If I were a boy

Even just for a day

I’d roll out of bed in the morning

And throw on what I wanted and go

Drink beer with the guys

And chase after girls

I’d kick it with who I wanted

And I’d never get confronted for it

Because they’d stick up for me

If I were a boy

I think that I’d understand

How it feels to love a girl

I swear I’d be a better man

I’d listen to her

Cause I know how it hurts

When you loose the one you wanted

Cause he’s taken you for granted

And everything you had got destroyed!

If I were a boy

I would turn off my phone

Tell everyone that its broken

So they think that I was sleeping alone

I’d put myself first

And make the rules as I go

Cause I know that she’ll be faithful

Waiting for me to come home

If I were a boy

I think that I could understand

How it feels to love a girl

I swear I’d be a better man

I’d listen to her

Cause I know how it hurts

When you loose the one you wanted

Cause he’s taken you for granted

And everything you had got destroyed!

It’s a little too late for you to come back

Say it’s just a mistake

Think I forgive you like that

If you thought I would wait for you

You thought wrong

But you’re just a boy

You don’t understand

(and you don’t understand)

How it feels to love a girl

Someday you’ll wish you were a better man

You don’t listen to her

You don’t care how it hurts

Until you lose the one you wanted

Cause you taken her for granted

And everything that you had got destroyed

But you’re just a boy

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